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After being trained on the very bizarre news of the year 2020, GPT-3 had some particularly unusual guesses for what's coming next.
Artificial Intelligence

A Powerful AI Generated Some Predictions for the Future and They’re Quite Outrageous

"Researchers fear our solar system is being interfered with by alien space lasers."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO and cyberpunk genre enthusiast Elon Musk waited into the conversation surrounding Cyberpunk 2077's terrible launch.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Some Strong Opinions About Cyberpunk 2077

"I cried myself to sleep and haven't been able to function."

By Victor Tangermann

European Space Agency scientists put out a time-lapse video showing how the Milky Way galaxy will evolve over 400,00 years.
Science & Energy

Dazzling Video Shows How Milky Way Will Evolve Over 400,000 Years

Our whole galaxy — in the palm of your hand.

By Dan Robitzski

Legendary car designer Frank Stephenson is not a fan of Tesla's Cybertruck. That's at least according to his "review that took over a year to make."
Tesla

Famed Ferrari Designer Absolutely Demolishes Tesla’s Cybertruck

He's also worked on vehicles for BMW, Maserati and Fiat — and he's not impressed with the Cybertruck.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have figured out a way to store energy from the Sun for several months at a time and release it on demand later.
Solar Power

Researchers Debut Whole New Type of Solar Energy Storage

This new material could store energy from the Sun for months at a time.

By Victor Tangermann

The virst COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed in the U.S. Now, Fauci says he's afraid too many people won't want to get it.
Viruses

Fauci Says That His Greatest Fear Is Anti-Vaxxers

"My primary biggest fear is that a substantial proportion of the people will be hesitant to get vaccinated."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA astronomer Alan Stern tells Discover Magazine that the discovery of liquid oceans on other worlds is among the "most profound discoveries" in space.
Science & Energy

A NASA Scientist Heralds “One of the Most Profound Discoveries” of the Space Age

We used to think Earth was the only planet in the solar system with a liquid ocean. It's not — and that could change everything.

By Dan Robitzski

Walt Disney World, instead of enforcing its own mask requirements, is merely editing digital masks onto visitors' photos.
Future Society

Disney World Seems to be Editing Masks Into Visitors’ Photos

Why are these maskless guests allowed to stay in the park at all?

By Dan Robitzski

Many countries around the world report record-breaking daily death counts from the coronavirus, and experts predict a dangerous winter ahead.
Developments

So Many People Are Dying From COVID Every Day That It Almost Defies Comprehension

Yesterday, more than 3,000 Americans died from the coronavirus.

By Dan Robitzski

Australia just got its own mysterious metal monolith — and this time it features some cryptic coordinates engraved on its surface.
Robots and Machines

The Latest Mysterious Monolith Is Engraved With Coordinates

They point to some ominous places.

By Victor Tangermann

A new vertical farm opening on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, is set to start producing 1,000 metric tons of greens a year.
Science & Energy

This Massive New Vertical Farm Can Produce 1,000 Tons of Produce a Year

Energy will come exclusively from wind power, making it entirely carbon neutral.

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of professors from North Carolina State University are proposing an entirely new model of physics that could rewrite the way we think about matter.
Science & Energy

New Theory Throws Out Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

"Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe."

By Victor Tangermann

Space agencies around the world are collaborating to make high-security facilities to study asteroids and Mars rocks for signs of life.
Science & Energy

Space Agencies Acknowledge That Asteroids Could Host Life

NASA will treat Mars and asteroid samples with the same level of caution as the world's deadliest pathogens, like Ebola.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese carmaker Toyota is set to unveil what the media is calling a "game-changing" solid state battery as soon as next year.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Making Electric Car With “Game-Changing” Solid State Battery

The miraculous specs claim it has a range of 300 miles — and can recharge completely in just ten minutes.

By Victor Tangermann

Blocking a single protein called 15-PGDH made old mice much stronger and healthier, as though they had been made younger as a result.
RX and Medicine

Blocking a Single Protein Makes Aging Mice Way Stronger and Healthier

Will it work in humans? Researchers say there's reason to be hopeful.

By Dan Robitzski

The tech giant's new wearable called Halo Band is designed to listen to your every word and tell you if your voice is too "overbearing" or "irritated."
Future Society

Amazon’s Judgy Wearable Tells You If You Sound “Condescending”

Would you want a wearable that tells you if your voice is annoying?

By Victor Tangermann

An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed in Australia produced false positive test results for HIV in some trial participants, The New York Times reports.
Developments

Experimental COVID Vaccine Was Giving False Positives For HIV

"I’m sure a lot of people are very embarrassed by it."

By Victor Tangermann

The aurora borealis will be visible in large swathes of the northern United States and Canada over Thursday night. Here's why they occur.
Future Society

You’ll Be Able to See the Northern Lights From the United States This Week

Tonight will be likely to provide the best view.

By Victor Tangermann

Scienitsts decided to bring spiders to the International Space Station to find out how important gravity was for their webs.
Off-World

Whose Brilliant Idea Was It to Bring Spiders to the Space Station?

Between escaping spiders and out-of-control fruit flies, the experiments were a bit of a mess.

By Dan Robitzski

Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear power plant had a close call Thursday, initiating an emergency shutdown after one of its reactors leaked.
Nuclear Fusion

There Was a Close Call at a Nuclear Power Plant Today

A plant in Finland had an emergency shutdown — but didn't leak any radiation.

By Dan Robitzski